Kyrgyzstan evacuates population from regions bordering Tajikistan

The evacuation of Kyrgyz citizens living near the border with Tajikistan, where the recent armed clashes took place, has been completed, Bolot Sharshanaliyev, the head of the Civil Defense and Rescue Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan, told TASS, Report informs.

“Yes, we can say that the evacuation process is over. We evacuated almost the entire population. In the areas, there are only groups of volunteers formed from locals to ensure the security of houses. Women, children and the elderly have already been evacuated,” Sharshanaliyev said.

According to him, about 142,000 people have been evacuated, including residents of a number of settlements in the Batken and Osh regions.